Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-07-12
AT THE ACADEMY.
wILLIaxSrr As AN Anr CRITIC.

I visited the Academy Of Design day
OF ,wo ego for the purpose Of witnessing
some Of the pictures from Pari'. which
are now on exhibition there. Many Of
these pic,urs ere large and beautiful
while others are small aud ornery. AT
the head Of the stairs IL a smallish pic.
,ur. with good. heavy frame aud green
i,h foreground. I, Is no, on the GAIA.
logue. so I will try TO describe !, briefly.
Abou, half way between the foreground
and middle dis,arce thsre IL cream.cOl.
or,d perspective. while above this i'a
ns.earps, sky. With lump. on H.
"And l. there no way Of removing
these large Jumps Of pain, 30 as to give
the picture an even sppesrance" ask.
ed Mr.. MeDOugsll.
"Oh. no: they don't wan, TO do that
be ,sid. "Ths, h the inlpdsio method OF
putting on the colcr.. which bring. on,
the salient features Of the painting"
So the impos,ure method. Il seems. IL
really gaining ground. aud the picture.
With the soldisr.ov,rcoa, sky. and green
chenille grass. and gaiget,y distance
would no doub, be worth Ia Paris SIS or
Ella.
No. Ga lea picture by Charlie. Durand.
entitled "a Country Woman In Cham.
p,sne." IL. bitterly disappointed In
iki. picture. Zoe. though the woman seems
to be In good spirits. the arts, has utter
ly failed TO gppple fully with hi. subject.
and wi,hou, the catalogue In his hand, ]
would defy the mos, brillisn, eonnoisseur
20 say whether OF not she i.under the In.
hasree Of liquor.
We next Walk around TO No. les, q
picture by Camille pi.aro. NJ. Pi.aro
Ia. ten picture. Ia the academy. bu, this
one /. the best. I, IL made by the squirt
.y.,sm Of painting. grsiniug and kal'o.
mining. which !. now becoming 90 IA
mode and rouge Il NOR. The arts, tell.
m. ,ks, the color. are carefully arranged
in tin pail. aud applied to the canvas
by mean. Of .quir,.gun or Rembrandt
.,om.eh.pump Tki. gives the painting
beautiful. yet dsppled. appearance.
which could no, be obtained With brush.
hi. picture !. worth 81 Of any man.
money; for the frame i worth 50, and
there /, a, lsa., dollar. worth ofPs'n'
on the picture ,ha, !. jus, - good As ever.
The arii., hs. handled the feet In a mas.
trly manner. bringing them on, 90 thu,
they hang over the frame like ihing OF
life. III could pain, fee, as NJ. P's'afo
do,.. would no, spend my life stripping
bugsbs in . elo.e room, among eoai'e
men, Nth putty on their psn,.loon',
bu, would bur,, forth from my humble
surroundings. ard would s,,i,c, The al
i,L,ion q the whole great world Of at
nth nv massive and heroic feet. Then
from ,hl. | would gradually s,, - that
| could make pictures 20 resemble Peo'
PIE. Iksie !, 20 reason Why VI. Pi''sro
should no, 90 ~ell in thu, wsy. iof he
has painted No. III. "a Woman a, a
Well" in which the mos, unk,mp, and
ureuliiv.i,d peasant can a, once di',in-
sui.h which !, the woman aud which u
the yell. lie !. also the author OF
"Spiins." ,quir, s,udy ~i,h a blue
rash, which has broken oui where The
Ky ough, 10 BE-.
No. 1856 /. the Execution q Maxi
milan" by Edousid MAnsi. a foreign
artist. Tie scene !. laid a, the base OF
an old Mexican ,l.ughi,f.house. 10 the
Foreground may be seen The rear OF the
Mexican army with IL. wealth Of tour.
nure and cute little gorsd pAn,is.. Al
M,Aicsn troop. have their trousers gor'd
=, the hip,. Sometime. they also have
them gor,d =, the bull.hshis which TAKE
place there. In the eon,igucu, distance
Macmillan may BE- seen wearing the hat
! which hs. evidently infatuated the Mex
lean populsee. The sr,i', says that
MsSimili.n object. 10 bsing shot. but
pretend no, TO bear him. and be repeats
The remark. 90 | have 10 'sy "Nery good.
very good." and then ~e pas. on TO No.
GO. which /. e, titled dreams. by Pre-.
vi. De ChAvsntss.
In this picture = weary man, Who has
worn himself out sleeping in hsy,,lek'
ard trying to solve the labor problem. 80
ik., the great curse Of industry may be
wiped cut, aud the wealthy man made
TO pay the taxes. while the poor man a..
.i.i. in sharing the burden Of dividends,
is l,ins on the ground With pleasan,
smile on hi. face. lie !. asleep. with
hi. mouth slightly sjr. showing how his
teeth are fastened in their places lie Is
smiling in his slumber. aud there u hay
in hi. whi,ktr,. Three d,ealsomsrie
angel. ATE ,ssn fastened TO the ky IN The
form of tAblesu. One IL scattering
cookie. in hi. pathway, while the second
ha. laurel wreath which is Offered AZ =
gisat reduction. q. tie osnsr IL about TO
leave the city Tor the summit These
are the new style Of wingles' angel. re-
Gently introduced into att. and now be-
coming very popular.
Mr.. Chavannes is also the mechanic
Who constructed apie,rre numbered oil
ard called "Poor Fisherman" The his.
tory Of this little picture is full of ps,ho..
The scene i. laid ia Newark Bay. " j..
A poor fisherman and bis children 80 out
TO ,perd the day, taking their lunch with
them.
80 papa. le, us take two or three Gu
eumbers with our lunch" say. one OF the
children. In glse.
every well. my child" e,elaim' the
father, with ill.coneesled delight. go
down TO the mAiks, and re, one for each
Of us"
The arts, has chosen TO make bis
study Of the fisherman short time after
lunch. The father is engaged in regula.
ting something which is now too late to
recall. Cholera infsn,um has over,sken
the younger child ard the other Is gath
ering lobelia for her father. The picture
il wonderful In its conception and eseeu-
ton. One can zee that be ]. poor f.h'
ermsn, for be has 10, caught any fish,
and the srsa, agony be feels Is depicted
in hi. face and the altitude Of his hair.
The picture nigh, have been called q
battle. piece or . French interior. with
l,ousi nronrietv